Cops catch 2 armed robbery suspects in Hyde Park

Two people are in custody, including a juvenile, and are facing armed robbery charges after police arrested them early this morning minutes after they held up a man at gunpoint, police said.

The boy and the man are being questioned and police are investigating whether they are responsible for similar crimes, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli.

At about 12:15 a.m., police who were conducting a routine patrol were flagged down by a 25-year-old man on the 5300 block of South Drexel Avenue in the Hyde Park neighborhood.

The man told police that he was returning to his home from a trip and was carrying a laptop bag with an Apple laptop inside and a duffel bag along with his passport when three men went up to him and demanded the items, Mirabelli said.

One of the men had a gun and another man punched him, causing cuts and abrasions. The victim told the police the men fled in a 2003 gold Pontiac Grand Prix.

Police were able to track down the car and tried to pull it over but the men sped off, running through a red light, police said. Eventually, police managed to stop the car near 47th and Wentworth Avenue where the people jumped out and ran on foot, Mirabelli said.

Two of the people were caught a short distance away but the third person managed to escape.

Police found a loaded .40-caliber semi-automatic handgun as well as the stolen items in the car, Mirabelli said.